Detrital modes of the Pyeongan Supergroup (late Carboniferous - early Triassic) sandstones in the Samcheog coalfield, Korea: implications for provenance and tectonic setting

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 219-238

  Lee, Yong Il ^a   Sheen, Dong Hee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; COAL; PETROLOGY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIASSIC;

KOREA;

EID: 0344505228     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00053-0     Document Type: Article

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